I do an open format radio show on Radio Regent online out of Regent Park in Toronto every Friday from 5 p.m. til 7,called CORBY's ORBIT playing everymusic, so far no Death Metal or light opera but who knows?http://www.radioregent.com/
Illustration by John Kricfalusi

Kings Highway ~ lyrics by Mavriq
Be strong - you got to be strong ~ Got King's work in Armageddeon
Chorus – Said I was riding on the King's Highway I said I moved to the Midnight train, because freedom was calling, yes she was calling.
Verse 1 – The whole thing go down inna the street, down in a di club pure vibes a gwaan and tune a beat.
The band na hold a meds tru the vibes a gwaan sweet, the bar a gwaan well juice a drink and food a eat.
Woman a grin off dem teeth and man a skank to the beat, all of a sudden the place was tense under heat.
When I took a look, police a fly down the street, when mi took a look ratty a fly down the street.
Chorus – Said I was riding on the Kings Highway, and then moved to the Mid night train, because freedom was calling, yes she was calling, this morning.
Verse 2 – But I guess that’s how the system stays, just give love a chance ghetto youth never stray.
What is the wicked man dem promote? Your honor let me tell you how they draped us and punched us in our mouth.
In the courthouse I see the heathen dem a gloat, but I can see clearly they are scouts.
Asking them, did they find any weed? They said no we smelled the smoke.
Alright Mr Wallace you’re a joke. Set the youths free before we sue the court house, set the youths free before the news touches the road.
I said you have violated my human rights so many times, now we’re gonna take it to you straight down the line.
Bridge – I said I’ve got to live my life, cause I don’t care what the world wanna say, no I don’t care what the world wanna say.
I said I’ve got to do what’s right, See I don’t care what the world wanna say, see I don’t care.
Chorus – Cause I was riding on the King's Highway, and then moved to the Midnight train, because freedom was calling, yes she was calling
Bridge – I said you’ve got to live your life, cause I don’t care what the world wanna say, no I don’t care what the world wanna say.
I said you've got to do what’s right, See I don’t care what the world wanna say, I really don’t care.
Chorus – Said I was riding on the kings Highway I said I moved to the midnight train, because freedom was calling, yes she was calling

Friday, July 24, 2015

The Sinners' Choir will be raising a lively and joyful noise in the middle of the Orbital uproar today.

Their live performance at 6:00 today will herald the arrival of a new disk"Volume 3", full of original tunes with soulful singing and magnificent musical artistry.

The trio, Adam Beer-Colacino, Adam Warner, & Terry Wilkins, will have a dual release event this Saturday, July 25th at The Rex from noon to 3:00 and again at The Dakota Tavern from 10:00 p.m. til 2:00 a.m. Get the early word today through the radio wormhole.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

A twelve-foot cedar strip canoe with a rawhide membrane will be providing a unique musical opportunity for Toronto and its visitors to invoke deep powerful rhythms. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, you will find us offering you beaters and a chance to express your message of dance, groove and universal cultural beats. We`re in the Distillery District. Come to the sound. You will hear us before you see us.Two gents from the Melbourne Ska Orchestra put the Aussie soul into the Conundrum at Sudbury's Northern Lights Festival Boreal just a little while ago. Here`s how it sounded...........

Ben Sures, with surprise bass player Suzie Vinnick, spread equal amounts of comedy and commentary abroad with his wry performance of original pop songs. Later he manned the swag table with Love Will Kick Your Ass t-shirts and a choice of four metallic pens for his autographing duties. .

Sudburian favourite Mimi Obonsawin held the stage, brought the dusk, and filled the seats with her personal songs of struggle and courage.

West Coast Cubanista Adonis Puentes churned up swirling skirts and drove his expert team of rhythmatists to levitate the entire mainstage audience as the moon rose over a Sudbury Saturday Night.

"Just call me The Harm." Sarah Harmer gave her new fans and a crowd of devotees all the great songs that have made her an emotional spirit guide for the nation over the last two decades. Newcomer to the band, bassist Ben Whiteley, put a muscular impetus into a tightly rocking performance that took everyone to the brink. Sarah polished the night off with a high-tide finale of Lodestar, and returned for a solo acoustic encore.

Meanwhile, dangerous levels of suds were being poured out at off-site venue, The Townehouse, where

House Of David Gang and Kobo Town gave the crowd some very good reasons not to sit still.

Mystic melodies fluctuated thrillingly through the high ground of the hill as Montreal`s Les Poules a Colin and Bombadils teamed up on the Family Stage on Sunday afternoon.

The delicate and intricate acoustic artistry of Jayme Stone's astonishing tribute to old time music, The Lomax Project, took flight onstage with the finely-wrought string slinging of Tatiana Hargreaves and Joe Phillips, and the shivering silver voice of Margaret Glaspy.

Reuben And The Darkreceived a mixed blessing of adulation and over-the-top teen spirit as a crowd of summer campers swarmed the stage-front for their restrained set of melancholic rock. Nevertheless, lead singer Reuben Bullock couldn`t help but high-five the energetic millenials, between attempts to discipline the rowds amongst them, who ``really had to work on their listening.``

Sheer force of musical will overcame a large crowd`s impulse to get home in time for The National as

Dan Mangan`s band, Blacksmith burned ferociously, matching the passion of the lyrics blow for blow to close out the Festival on Sunday night.

On an igneous protrusion of the ancient continent of Arctica, on the shore of Lake Ramsay in Sudbury, we planted a drum this past weekend. It is a 12-foot cedar strip canoe covered with a rawhide skin.

Designed by Bethany art conceptualist

David Hynes (right),

the Conundrum brings children, boulevardiers, rhythm mongers and other assorted curious cats into a magnetic field of throb and thump.

The subsonic waves have a power of attraction that is sensed more in the feet and internal organs than in the ears.

Musicians recognize its fascinations immediately.

Kobo Town found a deep groove on the instrument.

The appeal of the sound is unanimously invigorating. It can even revive an extinct species.

The Orbiteer and Quique Escamilla`s Bassist-at-Large, Dan Mock, who was on the downbeat for a deeply rolling performance of Be My Baby and a run at Led Zep`s Communication Breakdown.